Edwards Mediation Academy
Most courses teach you about mediation. Ours put you in the room.
8,000+
Disputes Mediated by Bruce Edwards
17 Experts
Insights from World-Class Practitioners
CLE - Approved
By the California State Bar
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Where Do You Fit?
Select the description that fits you, and we’ll point you to the right course.
Lawyers & Litigators
Add mediation to your practice
Whether you want to become a mediator or represent clients more effectively in the mediation room, your legal background is your advantage. EMA was built by lawyers, for lawyers.
Judges
Your next chapter starts here
Your years on the bench give you instant credibility with attorneys and parties alike. Mediation lets you stay engaged and keep shaping outcomes, on your own terms.
Practicing Mediators
Ready for more complex work?
You know the fundamentals. Now it’s time to master multi-party disputes, commercial mediation, and the subtle skills that separate experienced practitioners from exceptional ones.
Business & Others
Mediation as a career or a skill
Your professional background gives you more instinct for this work than you realize. Business leaders, educators, HR professionals, and engineers can turn that instinct into expertise.
Meet the Practitioners Who Built This Field
Bruce Edwards has spent 40 years in the mediation room. He assembled 17 of the field’s most respected experts to share what only experience can teach.
Bruce Edwards
Peter Robinson
Danny Weinstein
Lynne Hermle
Eric Green
Find the Course Built for You
Mediation Skills Course
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Advanced Mediation Skills Course
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Mediation Lawyer
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The Mediator’s Mind®
Bruce Edwards’ trademarked framework for every decision at the table – distilled from 40 years and 8,000+ mediations. Complimentary eBook. Includes 1 CLE credit
Reviews of Our Mediation Training Courses
Absolutely exceeded my objectives ... Having mediated cases hundreds of times in my career, I found the shadowing experience very accurate – it didn't feel staged. That is what a real mediation looks like. The expert videos were incredibly helpful in that the experts gave war stories, which helped tie things together ... I was already familiar with mediation in general, having mediated for over 20 years as counsel ... As I completed the “Try Its,” I found little gems of knowledge and information that quite frankly I had not thought of before.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the course and how valuable I thought it was. I especially liked what Bruce had to say about the importance of emotion, forgiveness and apology in resolving disputes, and how joint sessions can help parties move beyond the trauma of conflict. His insights prompted me to reflect on an early mediation — a bitter business divorce that settled after a marathon session but then fell apart in the weeks that followed. After taking this course, I now wish I had pushed harder for the parties to meet face-to-face and make amends. It might have saved the settlement.
What Comes with Every EMA Mediation Training Course
Every EMA course includes CLE credits approved by the California State Bar, direct access to Bruce Edwards through monthly office hours and live sessions, a library of recorded interviews with leading practitioners, discounts on future courses, and regular updates from EMA experts on developments in the field.